Top Ten Sex Clichés of Television

Sex on TV is getting to be so commonplace, it is hard to think of a lot of shows where it never happens at any point in time. What is worth noting is that some of what you see happens so often over and over again that I thought that I would point out what ten things related to sex you are most likely to see on television. And this will include things related to nudity as well since that’s practically the same thing. There are probably more than what I am mentioning, but I thought that I would tell you this.

#10 no fatties- This highly offensive one comes up from time to time. At least it seems like a guy thing and not something that women think about men. Plus, I don’t want to sound rude, but don’t fatter women have bigger boobs? Why are they always considered bad for people?

#9 arm around boobs- Actually, this one is more specific than this. It starts out with a woman waking up in some bed, but not where she lives maybe 90% of the time and this is after hooking up with a man. She then realizes what a horrible mistake she made by doing this and has to carefully get his arm off of her boobs so she can fall out of bed and then awkwardly leave the situation, but we all know that we’ll see these two at least speaking to each other again.

#8 bare back of woman- This is normally seen from time to time to show that a woman is, in fact, naked, even though you won’t see anything on network TV. Ever notice how they normally choose certain camera angles and rarely actually censor real nudity? This is probably one of the most commonly seen ones on network television at least.

#7 hook up man is evil- The poor women of TV tend to find themselves in bed with bad guys and they must have been too soon to hook up with the guy because they find themselves to be betrayed so often time and time again.

#6 woman’s back slammed against wall- In the heat of the moment in the preparation for sex when the two characters are making out with each other and undressing each other, but aren’t yet in the room where the sex will happen, the man is holding the women and her back is slammed against a wall. You’d think that would hurt a person, but it seems to add to the sexual thrill of things. Is this a thing that actually happens before sex?

#5 an oddly specific way to refer to virginity- For some reason, if a character on a show is a virgin, if this virgin is a woman, she will say that she’s never been with a man. You’d think that would mean all sorts of different possible things, never being with a man, but that is normally what the person says. Virgin is shorter, quicker, and easier to say. Why it is referred to as never being with a gender? It’s so dumb. I just don’t get why it is said so often.

#4 fighting then sex- This is one of the more fun ones as we see two character who hate each other that we all knew were going to hook up first going at it in terms of fighting before going at it in a completely different way. Sometimes this happens with more regular couples on the show, but it does tend to be a thing seen over and over again.

#3 black bra and panties- Sometimes you actually see a woman in different underwear than this. But, more often than not, they are wearing black bra and panties that you see when they are getting their clothes taken off before sex.

#2 undercover after sex moment- This is the most common way of showing that two people hooked up. You see them in bed after sex where some conversation of some importance happens. They could talk during sex, but they can’t show us this so they always show afterwards.

#1 man on top- I’ll never know for sure what real people’s sex habits are like and I’m never watching porn so if a man is typically on top during sex, I’ll never know for sure. I just know that when it comes to characters on TV, whenever we see straight ones hook up, it is normally the man who is on top for it. Now this isn’t always the case as sometimes we need to see the man in some way that him being on top would make it too awkward to film. But this is still the most common thing that I see related to sex on TV. Surely women are on top a good amount of time, right?

Well, those are the main ones that I can think of. Sometimes we see hook ups in car or showers instead of in bed. People tend to brag about their sex lives all the time on shows and more is better for some dumb reason. But I think that these are the most common clichés related to sex that I see on television from time to time. I hope that I didn't miss any big ones.